J.J GARFINKEL
Born Raleigh, North Carolina 1973
Lives and works Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria 2000
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, MFA 2000
Virginia Commonwealth University, BFA 1996

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003 White Room – White Columns, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006 Papaerworks, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sci-Fi Lullaby, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY
Garden Paradise, The Arsenal Gallery in Central Park, NY
2005 Caspar David Séance, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
Artist in The Marketplace 25, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
2004 Grotto 2, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Fake Plastic Trees, Jeff Bailey Gallery, NY
2003 Metastasize, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
The Armory Show (with White Columns), NY
Diversity, Brooklyn Fire Proof, NY
2002 Deluxe, Community Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2001 Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Arts Center, juror: Bill Arning, New Canaan, CT
2000 New American Paintings, online exhibition of MFA candidates. New York Area MFA exhibition, Hunter College, New York, NY
1999 Y2K Solution, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

AWARDS

Artist in the Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum of the Arts, 2004
Rema Hort Mann Grant nomination, 2003
Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship Award, 2001
The Hayward Prize of the American Austrian Foundation, Salzburg Kuntzakademie, 2000
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant nominatio